Donations

Making a donation ensures the Museum’s future as a diverse cultural treasure for all Border region residents and visitors. There are many acceptable Methods of Giving. Naming opportunities for spaces in the museum and for endowed funds are also available.

Make a donation today is as easy as a click with EPMA’s online contribution form. Become a Patron

Event & Exhibition Sponsorship

Sponsorships are a great way to engage with the public, elevate your or your business’s public recognition, and provide indispensable support to EPMA, supporting the museum in developing and presenting some of the finest cultural, educational, and public programs in the Southwest. You can develop innovative local and regional collaborations with extraordinary results as a sponsor while:

Sustaining visual arts and enabling the community to make, appreciate, and learn from them;

Enhancing your profile by aligning with a leading regional arts organization;

Establishing a legacy of passion and philanthropy in the art community; and

Business Sponsorships

EPMA works closely with local industry leaders to develop innovative collaborations that achieve extraordinary results. Sponsorship with EPMA offers companies the chance to share visionary art and extraordinary experiences with employees, partners, and clients in one of El Paso’s most iconic downtown spaces. Sponsoring exhibitions also enable companies to differentiate themselves in an evolving marketplace. By collaborating with EPMA, companies gain the unique opportunity to engage with an audience that values heritage preservation and visual art, aligning a company logo and brand with culture and creative excellence.

BENEFITS

Business sponsorship at EPMA provides companies with a wide assortment of experiences, perks, and opportunities through the unparalleled access to world-class exhibitions, education programs and special events. Privileges may include:

Community Involvement

Supporting EPMA means supporting your community and the quality of life for all residents of the Borderplex. EPMA celebrates the unique, multicultural identity of its context, and provides audiences of all backgrounds with ways to engage with the museum’s world-class exhibitions, collections, and educational programs.

Targeted Audience Outreach

Aligning your business with EPMA elevates your branding, providing visibility and access to the unique demographic of the Museum’s community of art patrons and creative leaders. EPMA works with its business sponsors to achieve desired marketing objectives through:

Prominent brand visibility through acknowledgment in the museum, online, and in print;

From the dramatic Isha Rogers Sculpture Gallery facing the Tom Lea Gallery to the sleek, light-filled Larry Francis Board Room, the EPMA’s modernist building offers a variety of spaces for sponsors to privately entertain clients, colleagues, employees, and other guests.

In addition to EPMA’s flexible Sponsorship Levels, the Development Office can also work with you to identify and meet your objectives by developing a custom sponsorship package.

In-Kind Sponsorships

The Museum accepts many forms of in-kind support, from beverages and catering for opening receptions to furniture and studio equipment for the Art School. If you would like to contribute goods or services, the money saved from your in-kind contribution will be applied directly to programs and exhibitions. Please contact the Development Department to discuss your desire to make an in-kind donation.

Please be advised that as a nonprofit organization, the Museum is prohibited from establishing monetary gift values. Donors must determine the value of in-kind gifts. Donations are tax-deductible within IRS regulations.

Gifting Works of Art

EPMA actively acquires works of art related to its prominent collections of American, Mexican, and European art. All gifts are reviewed and acceptance is dependent on internal assessment of the EPMA Accessions Committee and curatorial review.

El Paso Museum of Art Foundation

EPMA accepts all donations through the El Paso Museum of Art Foundation. Founded in 1998, the EPMA Foundation is a Texas Non-Profit Corporation - a 501(c)(3) organization under the Internal Revenue Code. It is organized exclusively for the benefit of EPMA to provide long-term funding for acquisitions, conservation, preservation, education and interpretation, and museum-related functions not provided by the City of El Paso’s operational funding. A board of El Paso citizens governs the EPMA Foundation, with support from committees for development, planned giving, and investment.

Chartiable giving to EPMA through the EPMA Foundation is tax-deductible, and contributions are recognized on the EPMA website and in print. Exceptional support is also recognized on the donor wall, updated annually, in the main lobby of the museum.

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